Author: S. E. Hinton
Genre: Fiction
Format: Paperback

Description:
According to Ponyboy, there are two kinds of people in the world: greasers and socs. A soc (short for social) has money, can get away with just about anything, and has an attitude longer than a limousine. A greaser, on the other hand, always lives on the outside and needs to watch his back. Pony boy is a greaser, and hes always been proud of it, even willing to rumble against a gang of socs for the sake of his fellow greasers until one terrible night when his friend Johnny kills a soc. The murder gets under Pony boys skin, causing his bifurcated world to crumble and teaching him that pain feels the same whether a soc or a greaser.